CORK MOTHER CALLSA FOR IMPROVED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

20 August 2015

A Cork mother who's son stabbed his two younger brothers to death before taking his own life is calling for greater resources in the mental health services.
Jonathan O'Driscoll had been suffering with depression and was prescribed anti-depressants which he had not been taking prior to the frenzied attack on his brothers at their Charleville home last September.
Inquests into the three deaths yesterday heard that he stabbed the nine year old boys over 40 times each before driving to Buttevant where he hung himself from a tree.
He had been assessed by medical professionals who found that he was having suicidal thoughts and paranoia episodes.
Speaking outside the courthouse Helen O'Driscoll said there needs to be stronger mental health supports in this country..